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I stepped on the scales when we got back from Europe on April 19th and they hit 240. I've never been that heavy in my life. I'm 66 years old; with worsening chronic bronchitis and wear and tear arthritis in every joint I have really slowed down the exercise. I rewarded myself for getting through the day with food and wine.
Wife gave me a Fitbit a couple of months ago that I didn't use much because it doesn't record the exercise I do most, which is rowing. But when the scales screamed 240 at me I decided I had to get serious about my health and make it part of a program.
I started using the Fitbit to record sleep and walking. There is something magic about 10,000 steps a day I guess, because that is the goal everyone goes for. 10k steps burns about 210 calories, in a normal day I take about 4000 to 6000. I have arthritis in my feet, so walking is an issue, so I row 300 calories worth in the morning, keep track of my steps, and in the evening I row whatever I need to get up to the 210 I would get from walking 10k steps. I also use the fitbit to track my sleep and make sure I get to bed early enough to get 8 hrs. I use Myfitnesspal to track food intake, keeping it to 1800 calories per day, but most days I'm closer to 1600. My wife thinks it's funny that I measure all my food, but that's the only way to know know much you're eating.
So far:
Sleep is up from 6 hrs a night to almost 8
Weight is down to 232
I feel a LOT better
I'm 6'2" and I've stayed between 210 and 220 all my adult life. I'm comfortable at that weight so my goal is 215. It's looking attainable.

Anybody else having any success getting in shape? What do you do?